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For Immediate Release September 22, 2005
Maine Board of Environmental Protection orders October 6 public hearing on Dragon's waste permits.
AUGUSTA. The Maine Board of Environmental Protection has ordered a public hearing on whether they should take over over decisionmaking on Dragon Cement Products' pollution license. The hearing will be held on October 6. Board responded to a petition by citizens group Neighbors for a Safe Dragon stating that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection's Waste Bureau was refusing to act on Dragon's Cement Kiln Dust waste license application, meanwwhile allowing the company to continuing discharging CKD into the air and groundwater.
At the hearing, the Board was skeptical of explanations made by Maine DEP solid waste division official Paula Clark for allowing the Dragon to operate an unlicenced unlined 840,000 ton cement kiln dust landfill for the last decade without a license and wanted to know why the company was allowed to build a major addition to the industrial complex with no public notice or review. The Board of Environmental Protection members voted unanimously to hold a hearing to take testimony from Neighbors for a Safe Dragon, Dragon Cement and the interested public. The meeting will be held October 6th in Augusta.
Online Audio Recordings of the BEP meeting where this decision was made Need real audio or realplayer click here for free download
Introduction to meeting. Click Here
Paul Clarke of Maine DEP gives testimony. Click Here
Perkins Thompson Atty Peggy McGehee objects to pro-company character of DEP's testimony
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BEP member Ernest Hilton questions Clarke Click Here
BEP Chair Matt Scott questions Clarke Click Here
Ernest Hilton questions Clarke 2nd time Click Here
Chair Matt Scott sums up issues Click Here
BEP member Virginia Plummer questions Clarke Click Here
BEP member Nancy Zeigler questions Clarke Click Here
BEP votes to hold a public hearing October 6, 2005 Click Here
About the Board of Environmental Protection
About Dragon Cement's pollution problems: Click Here
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